Ephesians 2:7-10: A Shower of Grace and Kindness
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
In faith, we abide with God, as God abides with us.
Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.
In hope, we trust in God, as God trusts in us.
Saving is all God’s idea, and all God’s work. All we do is trust God enough to let God do it.
In love, we live in God, as God lives in us.
It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing!
In faith, through hope, by love, we are images of God’s passion in a world longing for transformation.
We neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving.
In faith, through hope, by love, we are Christ’s hands and feet in the world looking for kindness.
God creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join God in the work God does, the good work God has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.
In faith, through hope, by love, we are the Spirit’s healing presence among people who yearn for peace.
When we compare translations of these verses and open ourselves to God’s kindness, we encounter the transforming power of God’s grace.
The Noontimes 
Hi Sarah,
I wonder if we might have permission to use your delightful Ephesians 2:7 image in a creative Bible study resource we are developing to help people in deprived urban communities in the UK to work through the trauma of the Covid pandemic? We are including a section on kindness and we’d like to use your image as one of the illustrations in that section. We are a small charity and our resources are distributed free of charge.
Best wishes
Dawn
http://www.unlock-urban.org.uk/
Dawn A Lonsdale
Unlock Chief Officer
Tel: 01709 380 318
E-mail dawn@unlock-urban.org.uk
Unlock, 15 Station Rd, Rotherham S60 1HN
Registered Charity: 313454
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